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Beginning Flutter
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Beginning Flutter

by Marco L. Napoli
October 2019
Beginner
528 pages
12h 37m
English
Wrox
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13Saving Data with Local Persistence

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER

  • How to persist saving and reading data locally
  • How to structure data by using the JSON file format
  • How to create model classes to handle JSON serialization
  • How to access local iOS and Android filesystem locations using the path provider package
  • How to format dates by using the internationalization package
  • How to use the Future class with the showDatePicker to present a calendar to choose dates
  • How to use the Future class to save, read, and parse JSON files
  • How to use the ListView.separated constructor to section records with a Divider
  • How to use List().sort to sort journal entries by date
  • How to use textInputAction to customize keyboard actions
  • How to use FocusNode and FocusScope with the keyboard onSubmitted to move the cursor to the next entry's TextField
  • How to pass and receive data in a class by using the Navigator

In this chapter, you'll learn how to persist data—that is, save data on the device's local storage directory—across app launches by using the JSON file format and saving the file to the local iOS and Android filesystem. JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is a common open‐standard and language‐independent file data format with the benefit of being human‐readable text. Persisting data is a two‐step process; first you use the File class to save and read data, and second, you parse the data from and to a JSON format. You'll create a class to handle saving and reading the data file that uses the ...

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